doppler radar as you can see a big line of storms well organized, now, ahead of the cold front coming on through this way. i'm also worried about storms we're seeing out in the ohio area and those storms could be coming on through here at 8:00, 9:00, 10:00. look at these storms. a lot of lightning will be associated with these storms. temperatures are getting into 100 degrees earlier today. you can see it entering the county. these storms will be impacting parts of the d.c. area over the next couple of hours. we still have the heat advisory until 8:00 tonight. the heat index is over 105. these numbers, 105 downtown and leesburg, and the atmosphere have very unstable. and these storms could stay well organized once they pass the prediction center. and that will be a slight risk for the severe storms. so again tonight as you're getting ready for the evening,

i would bring in any lawn chairs and get ready because any storms we do see, especially north of town could be pretty big. we'll have more details on your forecast a little bit later. back to you, derek. >> thank you, anny. new pictures tonight of the man who may have kidnapped cal ripken jr.'s mom. police believe that this is the fella who abducted ripken's mom on tuesday morning from her home. >> the last picture that we have is what you'll see in the photograph. he was wearing a white shirt, a long white shirt, blue jeans, had a hat on. >> authorities have not released a motive, but according to wjz in baltimore, ripken was bound and gagged during that abduction and then driven through baltimore and hartford county. even though police was swarming her house when she was missing, the kidnapper was able to drop her down a few doors down and get away. the fbi says police are assisting in the authority looking for the abductor. a 23-year-old victim of the

colorado massacre was laid to rest today while officers offered help to the survivors of the attack. we've got the latest from aurora. >> reporter: family members and friends hugged and cried as they gathered at her funeral in denver today. >> i couldn't write anything for my sister. because words, they can't describe how my side kick and i feel. >> reporter: colorado's governor and the mayor were among the mourners. >> we will remember you. >> reporter: the 23-year-old aurora college student went to see the new batman movie with her friends. she died in the theater, but investigators kept her body at the crime scene. it was almost 20 hours before her family learned the tragic news. >> we're blessed to have the opportunity of her touching our lives. let us not forget her. >> some of the survivors of the rampage won't have to pay their

medical bills. three of the first five hospitals treating the victims will limit or entirely wipe out the medical charges. >> katie medley who gave birth to her son, hugo, two days ago are among the survivors who don't have insurance. her husband is in medically induced coma, recovering from surgery. >> he's fighting so hard to get back to us. i don't know how it happened to him. he's just, he is such a good person and people love him so much. >> reporter: a friend of the couple set up a website that has raised more than $300,000 for the medleys. teresa garcia, cbs news, aurora, colorado. >> and the reverend jesse jackson paid a visit to aurora today. he held a press conference right near james holmes to talk about gun control. misin west virginia have released the -- police in west virginia have released the name of the little boy who died. he was only 4 years old. yesterday he climbed into a

pick up truck belonging to his step dad who works as a security guard, finding a loaded gun and it went off. at this point no charges have been filed. a dispute over someone cutting in line. police say that's what lead to a stabbing it had afternoon just outside -- this afternoon just outside the post office in silver spring. postal employees intervened, blasting away with pepper spray. the man who had been stabbed was rushed to the hospital, expected to be okay. the other fellow ran off. police caught up with him and he is now in custody. mitt romney is in london tonight, looking to raise some cash and smooth over comments he made about the city hosting the olympics. >> my experience as the olympic organizer is that there are always a few very small things that didn't end up going not quite right in the first day or so, those that get ironed out. >> yeah, romney had ruffled a few feathers at the start of his overseas trip, saying he had some doubts as to whether or not great britain was ready for the games. olympic officials tonight over refusing a request to hold

a moment of silence during tomorrow's opening ceremonies for the israeli athletes killed in the 1972 games. but the widows of two of the athletes are not giving up, calling on spectators to get up and stand silently for one minute. the ioc says several commemorations have already been planned. >> we have marked it on the 25th, the 30th anniversary. we'll continue to mark this and the president itself said that they will never forget what happened. >> 40 years ago, 11 israeli athletes and coaches were killed after terrorists took them hostage from their olympic dorm rooms. the washington swim coach might be barred tonight after one of them accused of molesting her and paying off her family to keep it all quiet. well now montgomery county police are investigating. and as a report of bruce leshan explaning that the 43-year-old victim said she was only 12 when rick curl started grooming her for sexual abuse.

>> this guy should be in jail and not center stage at the olympic trials. >> reporter: kelly curan says it is the lead up to the olympics that finally lead her to speak up. >> that's where he was, front and center at the olympic trials. >> reporter: they now initiated an emergency hearing on the allegations against rick curl and it could suspend his membership. the coach allegedly performed oral sex on curan when she was his 13-year-old swimmer at the georgetown prep school. by 14 he had sexual intercourse with her at the office. >> and in my 14-year-old mind, 13-year-old mind when it started, i loved him. >> you're saying that this 33- year-old man was having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl? >> yes. he could have told me to do anything and i would have done it because i trusted him. >> reporter: she fears that there might be other young

victims. >> as a coach's relationship, i mean, especially to a little girl. >> reporter: this is far from the first time that he has been accused of molesting the young athletes. psychiatrist tony balm helps set up the new guidelines to protect swimmers after a scandal in 2010. >> supposedly that's a mythology, you know, the aspect of it, but it seems like you have bodies working closely. obviously sports are very body focus. >> reporter: curan dreamed of competing in the olympics, but the abuse may have cost her her dreams. >> there's no telling what i could have done. >> bruce leshan reporting. now, curan agreed to keep quiet about the molestation for 20 years as a part of a $150,000 settlement, but now she can no longer maintain her silence. curl has now taken a leave of absence from the swim clubs. well, they called it

operation law exam. a federal crack down that we're now learning all about aimed at stopping the flow of synthetic drugs, stuff like bath salts and designer marijuana. the feds yesterday raided sites from san diego to tampa and they arrested 91 people, none around here. they seized $36 million in cash,5 million packets of synthetic drugs and dozens of weapons. all right, today is the day that a lot of redskins fans have been waiting for opening day. training camp 2012 and our ownsports anchor is live in ashburn with all the heat and the excitement, kristin? >> reporter: there's a lot of both. it was extremely hot out here, but fans did not care. they were out here to see rg3 and lots of excitement. of course, the players, they don't really have a choice. they have to practice. but as soon as they stepped out of is that building, fans, they went nuts. they started chanting rg3, rg3, clambering to get his

autograph. many were excited to see him and frankly just excited that football season is upon us. all in all, a pretty good first day. rg3 is taking command of the offense. not playing like a rookie and his teammates are not treating him like that either. >> and it does not matter what he had to say. they needed to inject the ideas as well. he's a very composed young guy. and he's ready, you know, he is definitely the total package. >> he wants to be the best quarterback right now and heknows that it will be a process. we're not going to expect him to come in and be the top five quarterback, you know, but if he does, then we won't be mad about that either. [ laughter ] >> reporter: i'm sure fans won't care either. it was all good news today, unfortunately. redskins starting right tackle, jamal brown, started the training camp on the dl.

as soon as he's better, he'll be back on the field. we're live in ashburn, back to you. >> i'm a little worried about the hip on mr. brown. but right after the break, why the alleged drunken driver tried to run down a whole crowd of people. it's just a funky little coffee shop in shedders town, west virginia. but now it's at the center of the legal dispute brought on by this cafe. i'm peggy fox, we'll tell you about a possible boycott and what the controversy is all about. [ female announcer ] mitt romney opposes requiring insurance coverage for contraception. and romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message.

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caught on tape, an allegeddrunken driver plowing into a crowd. a group of fellows refuse to buy a television from that guy in the white car. apparently he didn't take too kindly on that so he drives his t-bird right into the crowd, backs up, coming right at this guy. then he comes down and police then arrested them. the fellow hit, he will be apparently okay. and let's take a live look outside. severe weather for you. it might be moving our way. we'll have all the details in your full forecast. that's in just a few minutes. plus, two small restaurants, one similar name. and why one lost dog is telling the other to get lost. over the next four months, you have a choice to make.

not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what caused the mess in the first place. i believe the only way to create an economy built to last is to strengthen the middle class. asking the wealthy to pay a little more so we can pay down our debt in a balanced way.

so that we can afford to invest in education, manufacturing, and home-grown american energy for good middle class jobs. sometimes politics can seem very small. but the choice you face, it couldn't be bigger. ♪ i'm barack obama and i approve this message. the man claiming to be abused by sandusky in the locker room shower is now suing the university. they say that there is overwhelming audience -- evidence. take a listen to the phone call by sandusky left on the victim's voice mail. >> i was just calling to see it if you have any interest going into the penn state came this saturday. and if you could get back to me to let me know, i would

appreciate it. protest has popped up in different cities, like this one in laguna, california. meanwhile, that will be the equality of illinois.

that will be a real life experience when he was a kid. the story of the lost and found

dog, which brought their family from colorado to west virginia. >> reporter: but the lost dog cafe owner, they said that they have the name longer and they must protect their trademark. and not only for their flagship restaurant on washington boulevard, but for their three franchise owners, who were long- time employees. >> if we let one thing go, one lost dog go, then we'll open up ourselves to losing a battle on someone else, like why didn't you go after this coffee shop? >> reporter: well, that will be at the david and goalith business owner herself. she would like to work out an agreement with jansen asking long as they plan to not serve food. peggy fox, 9news now. >> can't we all just get along? >> reporter: well, her lost dog's name will come from the work and helping homeless dogs find homes. all right, it's been a real nasty day outside heat wise and potential for even more nastiness, hence the severe weather alert. that storm looks suspiciously

like that on the radar. is that what we're looking at? >> i don't really think so here in d.c. the biggest threat is further up north in pennsylvania and new york, but i still think that we could get the real high winds going out of these storms, derek. so these storms are still nothing to be messed around with and i would definitely make sure that you bring in your lawn furniture and start preparing because of these storms, they could really create a lot of high wind gusts, 50,60,70, 80 miles per hour winds. now, we're also still under the heat advisory until 8:00 as you see the heat index, 10, 110. as you can see, we have severe thunderstorm warnings, up north in pennsylvania, folsom, bedford, somerset county.

so slowly we'll see the thunderstorms come on through between the north and the radar and lightning. and you can see the whole line of storms, ahead of the cold front. and we'll take a look at these storms out to the west and ohio and these storms, they will impact us. and now, that's when you'll see the high winds, and a lot of lightning with these storms. over the next few hours, you'll really need to watch the storms. it's the calm before the storm, but it will be very hot out there. 89 -- 98 degrees, high winds. they are southwest. temperatures r and -- temperatures around town, upper 90s, downtown, but you'll go up to the burbs in winchester. and all the heat that we have had, it means that the atmosphere is unstable and they could support the potential for severe storms. and the heat index, it still

feels hot. look at leesburg, 110, 105 downtown and also 105 here for you in fredericksburg. so we're looking at the big storms coming on in the way. and thunderstorms, they are likely, especially if you're north of town. looking at damaging wind gusts. more storms are likely for friday and saturday and looking to be hot and unsettled. so now for tonight, we're under a severe weather alert day. partly cloudy conditions with the showers and storms, strong to severe lows, 75 to 80 degrees. all right, for the next three days, our 9 weather alert code for friday is yellow because of the heat and the potential for more stronger storms. high of 94. on saturday, 92. scattered showers and storms still possible. and then on sunday, lower 90s, mostly sunny conditions. check out the next seven days for you. the temperatures on monday, they will be around 99, close to more scattered showers and storms on monday and tuesday. we'll break into programming to let you know about these storms, derek. also go tour -- go to our

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it is each child's decision on how they raise their children. i'm sure that the negative opinions will be really helping this family deal with the death over this poor child, not. my grandmother used to say if you have nothing nice to say to keep your big trap shut. and then this, the proo posed innovation of the proposed unions. yesterday, they told you that they wanted to spend about $7 billion to fix up the old girl. they are simply taken on by this. it must be great to work on the group, paying for and dreaming up plans for you to lose even more. it is the economy, stupid. $7 billion, huh is this well, why don't you wait until the economy could afford their dreams. and pat says, money is not the only reason to be concerned. although that i am in favor of expanding the station that i'm 100% against taking such a beautiful old build -- building, transforming it into a modern new structure, please leave union station alone and improve the traffic pattern around it and do whatever you

want. union station will be a jam. fix it up, but leave as is, please. i'm not so sure about that, even the best is -- even the best is old and nothing lasts forever. your e-mails don't need this, i need more. send them to mailbag@wusa9.com. we'll read it on the air, especially if you tell me who you are and where you are writing from. that's our broadcast, i'll be right back here at 11:00 along with anita brikman. we'll have the latest on the possibility of severe weather. ♪

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now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. the dirty details of kristen stewart's infidelity as robert pattinson reportedly moves out. source saying that r-pattz is heartbroken and angry. now we're breaking down the entire time line of the tryst. >> you can see rupert kissing her entire body. >> plus, what effect will the cheating scandal have on the final "twilight" movie and can their relationship be saved? katherine jackson finally comes forward. her first words since claims that she went missing. >> my guardianship has been taken away from me. plus, paris and the jackson family feud. playing out over twitter. are the tweets tearing the family apart? >> it makes no sense to air these things. in this kind of way. pregnant reese witherspoon beautiful in blue. the new photos inside the home where she just said i do.